Posts Tagged ‘Lacy Leadership’

Tell us something we don’t know.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

By Allison Eckstein, senior account director, and Shannon Zajicek, art director

When given the chance to attend Lacy Leadership Association’s Opportunity Indianapolis, we have to admit, we thought it would be a couple days spent on a bus traveling around the city learning the height and year of construction for every building and monument. We were wrong. The opportunity for us native Hoosiers, was not to learn more trivia about our great city (though we did take in our fair share of fun facts as we traveled by bus across Indianapolis). It was to expose us to the deep potential found within Indianapolis and the efforts of civic and business leaders helping to unlock that potential and define the future of the city. (more…)

Opportunity Indianapolis

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

By Steve Beard, creative directoropportunity_indianapolis

Last week I attended Opportunity Indianapolis, presented by the Lacy Leadership Association. Opportunity Indianapolis is a leadership program designed to give participants an exclusive, behind-the-scenes exploration of our city and significant community issues. I learned almost as much about my city in two days as I have in the 20 years I’ve lived here.

One of the community issues that had a lasting impact on me was the focus on education—we need to make it a number one priority in our city and that needs to happen right now. Mass transit is another issue that the city of Indianapolis needs to solve to serve its growing population and be considered a vibrant city of the future.

The overall message of Opportunity Indianapolis is to get involved. We all need to identify issues we are passionate about and let our voices be heard. Last week got me energized about making a difference in my city, and it also made me realize that I have a lot of work to do.